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diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt
index b4aad31cf3be..21461a0441c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ CONTENTS
    5.1 SCHED_DEADLINE and cpusets HOWTO
  6. Future plans
  A. Test suite
+ B. Minimal main()
 
 
 0. WARNING
@@ -397,3 +398,128 @@ Appendix A. Test suite
  application, given that you know its pid:
 
   # schedtool -E -t 10000000:100000000 my_app_pid
+
+Appendix B. Minimal main()
+==========================
+
+ We provide in what follows a simple (ugly) self-contained code snippet
+ showing how SCHED_DEADLINE reservations can be created by a real-time
+ application developer.
+
+ #define _GNU_SOURCE
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+ #include <linux/unistd.h>
+ #include <linux/kernel.h>
+ #include <linux/types.h>
+ #include <sys/syscall.h>
+ #include <pthread.h>
+
+ #define gettid() syscall(__NR_gettid)
+
+ #define SCHED_DEADLINE	6
+
+ /* XXX use the proper syscall numbers */
+ #ifdef __x86_64__
+ #define __NR_sched_setattr		314
+ #define __NR_sched_getattr		315
+ #endif
+
+ #ifdef __i386__
+ #define __NR_sched_setattr		351
+ #define __NR_sched_getattr		352
+ #endif
+
+ #ifdef __arm__
+ #define __NR_sched_setattr		380
+ #define __NR_sched_getattr		381
+ #endif
+
+ static volatile int done;
+
+ struct sched_attr {
+	__u32 size;
+
+	__u32 sched_policy;
+	__u64 sched_flags;
+
+	/* SCHED_NORMAL, SCHED_BATCH */
+	__s32 sched_nice;
+
+	/* SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_RR */
+	__u32 sched_priority;
+
+	/* SCHED_DEADLINE (nsec) */
+	__u64 sched_runtime;
+	__u64 sched_deadline;
+	__u64 sched_period;
+ };
+
+ int sched_setattr(pid_t pid,
+		  const struct sched_attr *attr,
+		  unsigned int flags)
+ {
+	return syscall(__NR_sched_setattr, pid, attr, flags);
+ }
+
+ int sched_getattr(pid_t pid,
+		  struct sched_attr *attr,
+		  unsigned int size,
+		  unsigned int flags)
+ {
+	return syscall(__NR_sched_getattr, pid, attr, size, flags);
+ }
+
+ void *run_deadline(void *data)
+ {
+	struct sched_attr attr;
+	int x = 0;
+	int ret;
+	unsigned int flags = 0;
+
+	printf("deadline thread started [%ld]\n", gettid());
+
+	attr.size = sizeof(attr);
+	attr.sched_flags = 0;
+	attr.sched_nice = 0;
+	attr.sched_priority = 0;
+
+	/* This creates a 10ms/30ms reservation */
+	attr.sched_policy = SCHED_DEADLINE;
+	attr.sched_runtime = 10 * 1000 * 1000;
+	attr.sched_period = attr.sched_deadline = 30 * 1000 * 1000;
+
+	ret = sched_setattr(0, &attr, flags);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		done = 0;
+		perror("sched_setattr");
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+
+	while (!done) {
+		x++;
+	}
+
+	printf("deadline thread dies [%ld]\n", gettid());
+	return NULL;
+ }
+
+ int main (int argc, char **argv)
+ {
+	pthread_t thread;
+
+	printf("main thread [%ld]\n", gettid());
+
+	pthread_create(&thread, NULL, run_deadline, NULL);
+
+	sleep(10);
+
+	done = 1;
+	pthread_join(thread, NULL);
+
+	printf("main dies [%ld]\n", gettid());
+	return 0;
+ }